A recently paroled robber and auto thief and his half brother have been arrested in the shotgun slayings of two women inside a South-Central Los Angeles church, and police said Tuesday the attack was the result of a domestic dispute rather than gang warfare or random violence. Anthony Oliver, 27, and Albert Lewis Jr., 33, were booked on suspicion of murder in the shooting deaths Friday evening of Patronella (Pat) Luke, 35, and Mae Lee, 76, at Mt.

A recently paroled robber and auto thief and his half brother have been arrested in the shotgun slayings of two women inside a South-Central Los Angeles church, and police said Tuesday the attack was the result of a domestic dispute rather than gang warfare or random violence. Anthony Oliver, 27, and Albert Lewis Jr., 33, were booked on suspicion of murder in the shooting deaths Friday evening of Patronella (Pat) Luke, 35, and Mae Lee, 76, at Mt.

In retrospect, it seems, Patronella Luke's was a death foretold. All week, the children of Mt. Olive Church of God in Christ had been studying the Bible in a small chapel next to the main sanctuary on a corner in Southeast Los Angeles. Friday night, during commencement ceremonies, the pastor, the Rev. J. C. Brewster, taught a chilling, although apparently unintentional, lesson about prophecy.

In retrospect, it seems, Patronella Luke's was a death foretold. All week, the children of Mt. Olive Church of God in Christ had been studying the Bible in a small chapel next to the main sanctuary on a corner in Southeast Los Angeles. Friday night, during commencement ceremonies, the pastor, the Rev. J. C. Brewster, taught a chilling, although apparently unintentional, lesson about prophecy.

Two half-brothers convicted of killing two women in a South Los Angeles church should be put to death, members of a Los Angeles Superior Court jury decided Wednesday. Albert Lewis, 36, and Richard Oliver, 31, showed no reaction as the jurors' recommendation, made after one day's deliberation, was announced in court. The two were found guilty last month of murders at the Mt. Olive Church of God in Christ in 1989.

Two half-brothers were ordered Friday to stand trial for the July 21 shotgun attack in a South-Central Los Angeles church that left two women dead and disabled another worshiper with a crippling leg wound. Los Angeles Municipal Judge David M. Horwitz ordered defendants Albert Lewis, 27, and Anthony Oliver, 33, to appear Dec. 21 for arraignment on murder charges. Prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty against the two men for the shooting at the Mt.

HER OWN PLACE by Dori Sanders (Algonquin Books: $16.95; 243 pp.). Dori Sanders' personal saga will fuel the dreams of fiction writers for years to come. Sanders spent most of her life working the family farm--one of the oldest black-owned farms in South Carolina--until her first novel, "Clover," made her a best-selling author with a Disney Pictures contract. Now she works among the peach trees in between stints in her office and speaking engagements around the country.

The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld death sentences for two half-brothers convicted of murder in a 1989 Southeast Los Angeles church shooting that left two worshipers dead and a third wounded. The seven Supreme Court justices unanimously agreed that the men had received a fair trial. "We have found no reversible error in any particular instance," Justice Marvin R. Baxter wrote.

A man who had been engaged in a violent domestic dispute with his estranged wife was booked today, along with his half brother, on suspicion of murder in the shotgun attack last week inside a Southeast Los Angeles church that claimed the lives of two women, including a relative of one of the suspects. Taken into custody were Anthony Oliver, 27, and Albert Lewis Jr., 33, cousin by marriage to 35-year-old Patronella Luke, who was shot in the face and killed instantly last Friday evening at Mt.

The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, the three-day, two-weekend music fest that takes place in Indio, is still a little more than a week away, but the fashion festivities have already started in Los Angeles. Haute Betts , an L.A.-based jewelry brand designed by Heather Betts, kicked off the Coachella season with a pre-'Chella soiree at the Petite L'Ermitage in West Hollywood on Tuesday evening. L.A. stylist and blogger Sydne Summer, TV personality Diana Madison, celebrity stylist and designer Joey Tierney and more stepped out to fete the line's new spring/summer 2013 collections. The pieces looked like they were made for the free-spirited style that has dominated past Coachella festivals -- flowing maxis, booties, flowers in your hair and as many accessories as you can handle.